New convert...
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2023 12:44 pm
Hello all,
Installed FreeBSD and since I'm new to non-Win OS's it was a bit confusing. I've been using Ubuntu -I heard Kubuntu is worth looking at - for a couple of months and am getting familiar with Linux/Unix. I downloaded and installed GBSD yesterday - and was knocked out by the efficiency and speed WOW!- and it went well. Because I'm so used to the hour plus install I thought I may have skipped a step and I wanted to make sure the install was using ZFS and not NTFS, if that's possible, so I reinstalled it. The printer didn't work but the OS was impressive. I've gotten used to the Win hour plus installation, slow boot process and the hour plus update. The terminal under Ubuntu's update was a huge relief! I reinstalled it a third time, this time with the printer turned on thinking this would help but the printer still didn't work. I watched several videos on YouTube for over an hour but every demo that I saw was very different from my setup. I spent some more time working with the software that was available in GBSD. The OS seems to recognize the printer (Epson WF-3540 ink jet printer connected via wifi to my Linksys router) but it still wouldn't print a test page. I tried the troubleshooting function but it seemed to go on for another 40 or 50 minutes without a solution. Is this normal at this point? Any hints or thoughts would be appreciated.
Installed FreeBSD and since I'm new to non-Win OS's it was a bit confusing. I've been using Ubuntu -I heard Kubuntu is worth looking at - for a couple of months and am getting familiar with Linux/Unix. I downloaded and installed GBSD yesterday - and was knocked out by the efficiency and speed WOW!- and it went well. Because I'm so used to the hour plus install I thought I may have skipped a step and I wanted to make sure the install was using ZFS and not NTFS, if that's possible, so I reinstalled it. The printer didn't work but the OS was impressive. I've gotten used to the Win hour plus installation, slow boot process and the hour plus update. The terminal under Ubuntu's update was a huge relief! I reinstalled it a third time, this time with the printer turned on thinking this would help but the printer still didn't work. I watched several videos on YouTube for over an hour but every demo that I saw was very different from my setup. I spent some more time working with the software that was available in GBSD. The OS seems to recognize the printer (Epson WF-3540 ink jet printer connected via wifi to my Linksys router) but it still wouldn't print a test page. I tried the troubleshooting function but it seemed to go on for another 40 or 50 minutes without a solution. Is this normal at this point? Any hints or thoughts would be appreciated.